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Layla Seale

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor

Department: Art History

College: College of Visual Arts and Design

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Rice University, 2020
    Major: Art History
    Specialization: Medieval/Early Modern Art History
    Dissertation: Demons as a Cultural Species in Fifteenth-Century

Current Scheduled Teaching

ART 2350.001Art History Survey IFall 2024 Syllabus
ARTH 4801.003Topics in Art HistoryFall 2024 Syllabus
ARTH 5801.600Topics in Art HistoryFall 2024
ARTH 5805.001Seminar in Medieval ArtSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
ARTH 4805.001Topics in Medieval ArtSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ARTH 5805.001Seminar in Medieval ArtSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
ARTH 4805.001Topics in Medieval ArtSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
ART 2350.001Art History Survey ISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 5805.001Seminar in Medieval ArtSpring 2024 SPOT
ART 2350.001Art History Survey IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4805.001Topics in Medieval ArtFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2350.001Art History Survey ISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 5805.001Seminar in Medieval ArtSpring 2023 SPOT
ARTH 4805.001Topics in Medieval ArtSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2350.001Art History Survey IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Seale, L. The Promise of Demons: Visualizing the Demonic in Pre-Modern Art.
  • Journal Article

  • Seale, L. The Incarnation of Damnation: Demon Embodiment and the Fall of the Rebel Angels.
  • Seale, L. (2023). Work is Hell: Demon Laborers in Late Medieval Art. (10)
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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